....when I was about eight years old, I had a bathtub toy submarine that
rose and sank, and was powered, if memory serves, by baking powder.

It was very much like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Diving-Submari.../dp/B000V4KSHA

It operated just like a real submarine, so I am sure I am qualified to
drive a Los Angelese class attack sub.




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Proud to be a Liberal.

I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter offf somewhere with a boxtop.
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They have R/C controlled submarines now. A friend of mine has one it can dive down to about 20' or so. A fun toy.

On 2/17/2015 8:27 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter off somewhere with a boxtop.


As kids my sister and I sent in a boxtops and receiver silver dollars.
She got a 1929 and I got an 1882. I still have mine 50 years later.
Don't say anything, but I think if I checked my collection, I probably
have hers also. :-)
I collected coins when I was about 7 to 12 years old. I had old coins
then, now they are fifty years older, might be fun to get them out and
check.
Man, where did 50 years go.
Mikek

In article 514260222445919116.026342noway-
, says...

True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter offf somewhere with a boxtop.

I sent off a quarter. And it was a "frogman.' Never saw a sub.
It was good for a month waiting for the mail, and then 5 minutes of
watching it go up and down.
Money would have been better spent on a squirt gun.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:53:47 -0600, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article 514260222445919116.026342noway-
, says...

True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter offf somewhere with a boxtop.

I sent off a quarter. And it was a "frogman.' Never saw a sub.
It was good for a month waiting for the mail, and then 5 minutes of
watching it go up and down.
Money would have been better spent on a squirt gun.

===

There was one box top toy that was actually quite cool. It was a
plastic rocket that you filled half way with water and then mounted on
a small air pump device with a trigger assembly. The idea was to pump
up the remaining space in the rocket with compressed air and then pull
the trigger to launch. It worked pretty well as I recall.

On 2/18/15 12:55 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:53:47 -0600, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article 514260222445919116.026342noway-
, says...

True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter offf somewhere with a boxtop.

I sent off a quarter. And it was a "frogman.' Never saw a sub.
It was good for a month waiting for the mail, and then 5 minutes of
watching it go up and down.
Money would have been better spent on a squirt gun.

Did anything you got for 2 box tops and a quarter really live up to
the expectations?


The rubber band shooting handgun I got when I was 9 did. It was a
semi-automatic.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:53:47 -0600, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article 514260222445919116.026342noway-
, says...

True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter offf somewhere with a boxtop.

I sent off a quarter. And it was a "frogman.' Never saw a sub.
It was good for a month waiting for the mail, and then 5 minutes of
watching it go up and down.
Money would have been better spent on a squirt gun.

===

There was one box top toy that was actually quite cool. It was a
plastic rocket that you filled half way with water and then mounted on
a small air pump device with a trigger assembly. The idea was to pump
up the remaining space in the rocket with compressed air and then pull
the trigger to launch. It worked pretty well as I recall.

Think I had one of those. Don't think I got it with a boxtop though.
Yeah, it was cool for the times.

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:53:47 -0600, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article 514260222445919116.026342noway-
, says...

True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter offf somewhere with a boxtop.

I sent off a quarter. And it was a "frogman.' Never saw a sub.
It was good for a month waiting for the mail, and then 5 minutes of
watching it go up and down.
Money would have been better spent on a squirt gun.

Did anything you got for 2 box tops and a quarter really live up to
the expectations?

It was the only thing I remember getting with a boxtop.
I moved up to the Johnson Smith catalog quite early.